Every elephant needs a herd 💛🐘

As South Africa’s first and only dedicated elephant orphanage with a homestead for orphans integrated into a herd, our purpose is to care for every orphaned elephant that is brought into our care at HERD and help them rehabilitate and integrate into a stable and nurturing elephant herd. A herd that will provide them with the move and emotional security they need to survive, and to give them a second chance at a life with their own species. Elephants are highly intelligent and an emotional species, with complex social bonds. The unusual structure of our rescued herd that are largely orphans themselves presents a unique solution for orphaned elephants in South Africa that need a home to ensure their holistic wellbeing and survival. Being in the company of adults, sub adults and juvenile elephants during their developmental stages is highly beneficial for baby elephants. Phabeni is the latest orphan to benefit from this as he has joined the herd during the day from sunrise to set, in the wilderness. Thank you for helping us to give elephant orphans in need a herd of their own.